Ryūma Yoshiike

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Ryūma Yoshiike
Native name吉池隆真
Born (2004-11-08) November 8, 2004
HometownArakawa, Tokyo, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 1, 2024(2024-10-01) (aged 19)
Badge number344
Rank4-dan
TeacherKatsuhiko Murooka (8-dan)
Tournaments won1
Meijin classC2
Ryūō class6
Websites
JSA profile page

Ryūma Yoshiike (吉池 隆真, Yoshiike Ryūma; November 8, 2004) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.

Early life and amateur shogi

Yoshiike was born in Arakawa, Tokyo, on November 8, 2004.[1] Yoshiike learned how to play shogi from a friend when he was an elementary school first grade student,[2][3] and subsequently started attending a shogi school in Arakawa run by shogi professional Katsuhiko Murooka.[3] Yoshiike entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of Murooka in September 2015[2] and was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in October 2021. He obtained regular professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2024 after finishing second in the 75th 3-dan League (April–October 2024) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.[2][4]

Shogi professional

In October 2025, Yoshiike defeated Kanta Masegi 2 games to 1 to win the 15th Kakogawa Seiryū tournament.[5] This was the second appearance for Yoshiike in Kakogawa Seiryū tournament finals: he lost to Nagisa Fujimoto 2 games to none two years earlier in the finals of the 13th Kakogawa Seiryū tournament when he was still an apprentice professional 3-dan.[6]

Promotion history

The promotion history for Yoshiike is as follows.[7]

  • 6-kyū: September 2015
  • 3-dan: October 2021
  • 4-dan: October 1, 2024

Titles and other championships

Yoshiike has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-title tournament.[8]

References

  1. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Yoshiike Ryūma" 棋士データベース: 吉池隆真 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Ryūma Yoshiike]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  2. "Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [Announcing the new 4-dans]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). September 7, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  3. Sugimura, Kazumasa (September 7, 2025). "｢Shinkei Kagaku wo Kenkyū｣ no Gunma Daigaku Igakubusei ga Puro Kishi ni Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu" ｢神経科学を研究｣の群馬大医学部生がプロ棋士に 奨励会三段リーグ [Apprentice school 3-dan league: new shogi professional is a student at Gunma University's Faculty of Medicine who is researching neurology.]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  4. "Dai Nanajūgokai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennijūyonnen Shigatsu kara Nisennijūyonnen Kugatsu" 第75回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2024年4月～2024年9月 [75th apprentice school 3-dan league: April 2024 to September 2024]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  5. Satō, Keiji (October 10, 2025). "Ninenmae Nirenpai no Setsujoku Shōgi Kakogawa Seiryūsen, Hatachi Yoshiike Ryūma Yondan ga Yūshō" 2年前2連敗の雪辱 将棋加古川青流戦, 20歳の吉池隆真四段が優勝 [Twenty-year-old Ryūma Yoshiike 4-dan wins Kakogawa Seiryū Tournament to "avenge" losing in the same finals two years earlier without winning even a single game.]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  6. Satō, Keiji (November 5, 2023). "Shōgi no Kakogawa Seiryūsen Fujimoto Nagisa Yondan ga Yūshō Shijō Sainenshō Kiroku Kōshin no Jūhassai" 将棋の加古川青流戦, 藤本渚四段が優勝 史上最年少記録更新の18歳 [Eighteen-year-old Nagisa Fujimoto 4-dan wins Kakogawa Seiryū Tournament to become the youngest to ever win the tournament.]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  7. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Yoshiike Ryūma Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 吉池隆真 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Ryūma Yoshiike Promotion History]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  8. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Yoshiike Ryūma Yūshō Rireki" 棋士データベース: 吉池隆真 優勝履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Ryūma Yoshiike Championship History]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2025.